# US 10,309,716 B2 · Refrigerator > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,309,716 B2 - Document ID: US10309716B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/774,957 - Filed: 2015-09-11 - Published: 2017-03-16 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2014-10-29 - Assignees: Hisense Ronshen (Guangdong) Refrigerator Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Hisense Ronshen (Guangdong) Refrigerator Co., Ltd - Inventors: Gang Guo; Meiyan Wang; Dong Kong; Qiang Liao; Xiaofen Long; Wen Zeng; Feiyue You - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10309716B2 ## CPC - F25D 23/04: with special compartments, e.g. butter conditioners - F25C 1/24: for refrigerators, e.g. freezing trays - F25C 5/22: {particularly adapted for household refrigerators} - F25D 23/028: {Details} - F25C 5/182: Ice bins therefor - F25C 2400/10: Refrigerator units - F25D 2323/023: Door in door constructions - F25D: REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (refrigerated showcases A47F3/04; thermally-insulated vessels for domestic use A47J41/00; refrigerated vehicles, see the appropriate subclasses of classes B60 - B64; containers with thermal insulation in general B65D81/38; heat-transfer, heat-exchange or heat-storage materials, e.g. refrigerants, or materials for the production of heat or cold by chemical reactions other than by combustion C09K5/00; thermally-insulated vessels for liquefied or solidified gases F17C; air-conditioning or air-humidification F24F; refrigeration machines, plants, or systems F25B; cooling of instruments or comparable apparatus without refrigeration G12B) - F25C: PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE ## Abstract A refrigerator includes a refrigerator door. An ice-making chamber is provided an inner wall of the refrigerator door. An ice-making chamber door is provided at an opening of the ice-making chamber. An ice-making machine is mounted on the inner side of the ice-making chamber door. When the ice-making chamber door is closed, the ice-making chamber door is able to cover the opening of the ice-making chamber and the ice-making machine is located within the ice-making chamber. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A refrigerator, comprising a refrigerator door, wherein an ice-making chamber is provided on an inner wall of the refrigerator door, an ice storage box is provided within the ice-making chamber, an ice-making chamber door is provided at an opening of the ice-making chamber, and an ice-making machine is mounted on the inner side of the ice-making chamber door; wherein, the ice-making machine is configured to be located within the ice-making chamber above the ice storage box when the ice-making chamber door is closed, and wherein the ice-making machine is configured to move away from the ice storage box when the ice-making chamber door is opened, and wherein the ice-making machine is secured on an ice-making machine holder which is connected to the ice-making chamber door, a support projection is provided on a surface of the ice-making chamber door close to the ice-making chamber, a rack brim is provided at a bottom edge of a surface of the ice-making machine holder facing the ice-making chamber door and protrudes from the surface of the ice-making machine holder in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the ice-making machine holder, a bottom surface of the rack brim extends along the bottom edge of the surface of the ice-making machine holder and the direction perpendicular to the surface of the ice-making machine holder, and the support projection is beneath the bottom surface of the rack brim so as to support the rack brim. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the ice-making machine holder is connected to the ice-making chamber door by a plurality of connecting screws; a plurality of threaded holes are formed through the surface of the ice-making chamber door close to the ice-making chamber, a plurality of via holes are formed through the surface of the ice-making machine holder close to the ice-making chamber door, and each of the plurality of connecting screws is in fit connection to a corresponding one of the plurality of threaded holes after passing through a corresponding one of the plurality of via holes. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein a plurality of positioning projections are provided on the surface of the ice-making chamber door close to the ice-making chamber, a plurality of positioning grooves are provided on the ice-making machine holder, and each of the plurality of positioning projections is cooperatively disposed in a corresponding one of the plurality of positioning grooves. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The refrigerator according to claim 3, wherein a plurality of connecting lugs are provided on the ice-making machine holder, and each of the plurality of via holes is formed through a corresponding one of the plurality of connecting lugs. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The refrigerator according to claim 4, wherein the plurality of positioning projections are located above the plurality of threaded holes, respectively and the plurality of positioning grooves are located above the plurality of via holes, respectively. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The refrigerator according to claim 3, wherein the plurality of positioning grooves comprise two positioning grooves, the plurality of via holes comprise two via holes, and the two positioning grooves and the two via holes are distributed at four corners of the surface of the ice-making machine holder close to the ice-making chamber door. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein a wire hole and a hinge hole which are communicated with each other are formed through the ice-making chamber door, and a connecting wire of the ice-making machine successively passes through the wire hole and hinge hole. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the refrigerator door comprises a refrigerating chamber door and a freezing chamber door, and the ice-making machine is disposed on an inner wall of the refrigerating chamber door. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the rack brim is provided at an entire bottom edge of the surface of the ice-making machine holder facing the ice-making chamber door. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the ice-making machine includes an ice cube tray, and the rack brim is provided at a position corresponding to the ice cube tray. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the bottom edge of the ice-making machine holder provided with the rack brim has a trapezoid shape, and an interval between the bottom edge of the ice-making machine holder and an opposite edge of the ice-making machine holder is reduced from two ends of the bottom edge of the ice-making machine holder to a middle of the bottom edge of the ice-making machine holder. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The refrigerator according to claim 11, wherein the support projection is provided at a position corresponding to an upper line of the trapezoid shape.